The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 22, 2107
Waxing Crescent
36.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
11:35 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.4%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2285
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 101.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 49m / -18.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.08° / 4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.96° / -4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.11° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.